Middleware and Operating System (OS) News

Cable ONE launches Netflix on TiVo devices
Jul 28, 2014 – Cable ONE has announced an agreement that will enable their customers to find and watch shows and movies from Netflix through the cable operator’s TiVo set top devices.
News categories: Cable ONE, Netflix, Joe Felbab, Cable TV, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA

HGI sets out business requirements for media gateway
Jul 28, 2014 – HGI has today set out high-level Broadband Service Provider (BSP) business requirements for a Media Gateway as it continues in its quest to build a technology-agnostic smart home ecosystem.
News categories: HGI, Duncan Bees, Philippe Calvet, Digital TV, DVR, Gateway, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Worldwide

Alcatel-Lucent and Telefónica bring network DVR to Movistar TV in Spain
Jul 28, 2014 – Alcatel-Lucent (Paris; NYSE: ALU) and Telefónica have enabled a cloud-based TV feature for Telefónica's, Movistar TV. Movistar subscribers now have access to up to 350 hours of personal online recording through their set-top boxes.
News categories: Alcatel-Lucent, Telefónica, Roque Lozano, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Middleware, Spain

Pay TV operator software spending shrinks in developed markets
Jul 22, 2014 – ​Pay TV Operator spending on middleware, conditional access, DRM and other elements of pay TV software contracted 5% in North America and Western Europe during 2013, according to ABI Research.
News categories: ABI Research, Sam Rosen, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DRM, IPTV, Market Research, Middleware, Satellite

Netflix adds 1.69 million members in 2Q 2014
Jul 22, 2014 – Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) has released its second-quarter 2014 financial results. The U.S. member base grew to more than 36 million. Outside the U.S. the company ended Q2 with 13.8 million members, growing 78% y/y.
News categories: Netflix, Cable TV, Europe, Latin America, Middleware, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers, USA

Beamly announces support for Android TV
Jul 21, 2014 – Social TV platform Beamly is bringing its personalized TV guide, content discovery, content recommendation, remote control, personalized news feeds, community and show engagement platform to the first screen.
News categories: Beamly, Anthony Rose, Android TV, Apps, Digital TV, Mobile, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Firefox OS to support 'casting' from mobile to TV
Jul 17, 2014 – In a blog post, Mozilla has said that aBitCool is developing an HDMI streaming device that will allow users to 'fling' content from compatible mobile or Web apps to an HDTV running the company's Firefox OS.
News categories: Mozilla, aBitCool, Panasonic, Digital TV, Middleware, Placeshifting, Smart Home, Worldwide

Wyplay releases Version 2.0 of its set-top box middleware
Jul 16, 2014 – Wyplay has announced the availability of version 2.0 of its set-top box middleware, codenamed 'Bull Frog'. The new version adds satellite support on top of already-supported Cable and Terrestrial front-ends.
News categories: Wyplay, Jacques Bourgninaud, Digital TV, Middleware, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Worldwide

ACCESS browser selected by Toshiba for Hybridcast TV
Jul 15, 2014 – ACCESS CO. has announced the integration of NetFront™ Browser NX in the Toshiba TV platform and the embedding of the browser for the world’s first commercially available Hybridcast TV in Japan.
News categories: ACCESS CO., Toshiba, Yasuhiro Ishibashi, Dr Neale Foster, Digital TV, Japan, Middleware, Smart TV, Streaming